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 Violinist
Robin Sharp, a native of California, is active as a solo performer, chamber musician,
concertmaster, and teacher. Ms. Sharp maintains private teaching studios in San Francisco and Palo
Alto and teaches at California Summer Music during the summer. She is currently concertmaster of both the
Berkeley Symphony and the San Francisco Chamber Orchestras. Ms. Sharp has appeared in recital at many
prestigious venues including Carnegie Hall in New York, the Musikverein in Vienna, the Concertgebouw in
Amsterdam, the National Music Hall in Taipei, and the Palace of the Legion of Honor in San Francisco. She is
a frequent guest on the Chancellor's Concert Series sponsored by the University of California at San
Francisco and has appeared in recital on the Old First Church concert series. In January 1998 Ms. Sharp
represented Carnegie Hall in their Rising Stars Series, when she and her duo partner Jeremy Denk
performed at Weill Recital Hall following a European tour. Ms. Sharp has participated in many prestigious
festivals, including the Musikalischer Sommer Festival in Germany, the Marlboro Music Festival and the Isaac
Stern Seminar. She has formerly served as first violinist of the Ives String Quartet, as professor of
violin at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Santa Clara University, and Sacramento State
University and has played several seasons with the San Francisco Symphony. 2006 projects include a
collaboration with clarinetist Dimitri Ashkenazy and pianist Jon Nakamatsu, a solo CD, and a commissioned
violin concerto being written for Ms. Sharp by composer Gabriela Lena Frank. |
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